South Korea's trade ministry said Monday it plans to hold another round of negotiations with Indonesia on a comprehensive trade agreement, as Asia's No. 4 economy continues efforts to expand its export portfolio in the Southeast Asian market.

South Korea is working hard to conclude free trade talks with Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia before November when leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the country, a presidential aide said Sunday.

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The U.S. Commerce Department slapped more duties on wooden cabinets and vanities from China in a sign of the challenges awaiting negotiations when the two countries resume trade talks next week.

European policymakers said Thursday that a new Brexit proposal from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was unworkable, heightening the prospects of a chaotic British departure from the European Union within weeks.

Việt Nam has recently found cases of foreign enterprises falsely labelling their products as originating in Việt Nam to illegally benefit from the free trade agreements (FTAs) the country is a member of and avoid trade defence mechanisms.

VIETNAM'S economy could expand by 6.7 per cent in 2019, powered by its transformation into a global manufacturing hub and amid gains from the fallout of the US-China trade war, economists from Moody's Analytics said in a report.

Vietnam has imposed an anti-dumping tax on some aluminum products from China, just months after a similar levy targeting steel items, as the Southeast Asian nation looks to rein in an ever-increasing trade deficit with its giant neighbor.

Việt Nam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Việt Nam Association of Supporting Industries (VASI) have been in Canada to explore new business opportunities.

Phones and components lead in Vietnam’s export turnover in the first nine months of this year, with a value of $38.6 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of 5.1 per cent and accounting for 19.9 per cent of total exports.